Model Risk Specialist

Boardroom Appointments • johannesburg, gauteng • Posted June 21, 2026

About the Role

  • Have completed a bachelors degree (Honours preferrable) in one of the following disciplines: Statistics, Mathematics, Quantitative Risk Management, Engineering, Actuarial science, Data science or similar.
  • Have up to 3 years of financial modelling, risk modelling and/or model validation experience within a banking context.
  • Proficiency in programming languages that can include SAS, SQL, Excel, Python and R.

Experience with the following model types/usage advantageous:

  • Group Treasury
  • Credit risk regulatory capital and provisioning models
  • Insurance
  • Advanced Analytics

Responsibilities:

  • Perform tasks that include model independent validation, reporting, presenting at governance committees, shaping of frameworks, researching methodologies, etc, that contribute to the management of model risk.
  • Review and/or reperform model building process.
  • Document and communicate ...